While I've used the DSPF/EDTF trick with the IFS, the entire thread I was
thinking, why not just start QSH or an SSH session and use that. VI is on
the system. In my way of thinking that's way easier.
Furthermore now that Orion is actually pretty good, I find myself using that
to edit any files in the IFS rather than aforementioned EDTF (which I think
is awful actually, it does the job but yuck)
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Jim Oberholtzer
Agile Technology Architects
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From: MIDRANGE-L [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Rob
Berendt
Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2017 6:19 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: Who knew you could do that with DSPF?
I find that using 2 to edit a directory while in WRKLNK gives me some other
nice options, like recursive delete.
Can that get you into trouble? Sure. But so can DLTLIB. Should DLTLIB
force you to delete all objects from the library first? No.
Rob Berendt
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From: John Yeung <gallium.arsenide@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 05/03/2017 07:21 PM
Subject: Who knew you could do that with DSPF?
Sent by: "MIDRANGE-L" <midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
I have just accidentally rediscovered something Vern already mentioned
as recently as April of last year:
https://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l/201604/msg00674.html
It kind of flew by as a throwaway comment, but I think it's actually
pretty significant:
You can use DSPF *instead of* WRKLNK to navigate the IFS interactively!
DSPF, when used on a directory instead of a stream file, gives you
both more and less than what WRKLNK gives you. If what you want isn't
something that you can only get through WRKLNK, then DSPF is a much,
much better interface in my opinion. More information at your
fingertips, as well as sorting options! For those of you who didn't
know you could do that with DSPF, give it a try. You'll be pleasantly
surprised.
It's got its own quirks and limitations. (Like, how do you undo option
6 for a particular line? The only thing I've been able to come up with
is F5, which undoes all lines.) But despite them, I think DSPF is
quite handy. (It's also underused as a hex viewer for stream files.)
And so concludes my public service announcement for the day.
John Y.
midrange.com
